Lawrence Martin: Against both Russia and China, what chance does the U.S. have? /via globeandmail
H.R. McMaster, who served as former U.S. president Donald Trump’s second national security adviser, is exceptional in several ways. For starters, he’s a cerebral Republican – a contradiction, you might say, given the party’s current cranial afflictions.
“I think we ought to do the opposite. Glue the two of them together. Not only because they deserve one another,” he said, but because “they’ve professed their love for one another. They’ve sent us a message that ‘you’re over, free world.’”In short, Mr. McMaster was saying the U.S. needs to enter into a cold war on two massive fronts, an unprecedented and incredibly daunting prospect that could last decades.
What about Mr. Kissinger’s recommendation that Ukraine give up some of its territory to end the war and to avoid a potential wider conflict? “Authoritarian regimes tend to look more powerful than they are. They are very brittle,” he said, listing all the obstacles Beijing faces.
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